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Designator id: 2009-034A

Description of SIRIUS FM-5 Satellite:

Sirius FM5 is an American communications spacecraft that was launched by a Proton-M rocket with a Breeze M upper stage from Baikonur at 19:10 UT on 30 June 2009. It will enable S-band digital radio broadcasts (music, news, and entertainment) to motorists in North America. Sirius FM5 will be placed in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 96° W. The satellite has a design lifetime of 15 years.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2009-06-30
Launch Vehicle: Proton-M
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan

Funding Agencies:

Disciplines:
Communications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 35493U 09034A   12337.48853602 -.00000136  00000-0  10000-3 0  5746
2 35493 000.0014 308.9250 0001404 047.9829 154.7196 01.00271619 12582

Last TLE update on :2012-12-03

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